Zeyin City in the Peng Kingdom is the most prosperous city in the entire Zhangzhou. Its title of "Bei Mianzhou" is not unfounded. Because it is close to Moon Marsh, nearly a hundred large and small rivers crisscross around the city, forming a vast network of branches.
The scene of intertwined dikes.
Most people in the city do not travel by horses or ox-carts, but by willow-leaf boats, traveling quickly through the reeds as tall as a person. If it happens to be a market opening, the fields and water will be filled with boats of all sizes.
, it is a spectacular sight and is a unique sight in Zhangzhou.
Yu Li swung the fishing boat all the way to the gate of Zeyin City before landing and disembarking. Unexpectedly, it happened to coincide with the famous local wind and rain ceremony in Zhangzhou. The market was open, people were crowded, and the city defense became quite strict.
Fortunately, he had a beauty as beautiful as Zi Yuan by his side, so even though he was armed with a sharp knife and his face was completely ruined, Yuli was not questioned too much and entered the city as a bodyguard of the daughter of a wealthy family.
The Wind and Rain Sacrifice was originally an activity where farmers in Zeyin asked gods and witches to pray after the beginning of summer, praying to heaven for good weather in the summer. After all, Zhangzhou is not Mianzhou. Every year after the beginning of summer, the scorching sun on the plateau seems to be able to drain the water.
The abundant Moon Pond and Lingshui have also evaporated to dryness. In summer here, unlike the southern states, which are often disturbed by floods, there are more droughts and less rain, often causing paddy fields to dry up.
The two people who escaped from Mulu City seemed to have never seen such a peaceful and lively market for a long time. The various local Zhangzhou snacks and pastries, flowers and fruits, cloth clothing, and exquisite gadgets sold there were much better than those in Mulu City.
The northern and southern cities, which are noisy and bustling all day long and where merchants gather, are no less busy.
Yuli, who had never traveled alone with a girl in his life, suddenly felt that his relationship with her had taken another step forward. At this moment, he was lingering in front of a stall selling pearls and jade jewelry, putting a few gold bahts in his wallet.
He rubbed the dough in his hands repeatedly. However, when he looked up again, he saw that his companion seemed not to care about the array of goods on the street, and just kept walking forward. He had to catch up with him quickly and asked in a disappointed tone:
"Zi Yuan, we have finally reached a place where there is no war, don't you want to take a look around?"
However, the girl obviously did not appreciate his love: "What's so good about a small market in a place like this? We have just entered the border of Peng State, and are still hundreds of miles away from its capital Lincang. We should find it as soon as possible.
Only when you get a carriage can you continue on your way."
"But the money we have with us is not enough to rent horses and vehicles. Why not stay in this city for a few days and find other ways to do it?"
Yu Li still refused to give up and wanted to persuade the other party to stop. Unexpectedly, the girl left even more hurriedly: "If you have no money and have to linger for several days, aren't you afraid that you won't even be able to pay the rent?"
He knew that he could not persuade his companions, so he had to sigh, and then grabbed Zi Yuan: "There is an old acquaintance of mine in the city who I can go to visit. Maybe he can find a way to introduce us to Peng Peng.
The prince’s!”
The dark-eyed girl stopped walking in a hurry and gave Yu Li a bright smile behind her: "Then why didn't you tell me earlier? Hurry up and take out all the money you have and buy something decent.
What a gift!”
Three hours later, the two of them stood in the east of Zeyin City, in front of a house with five entrances and five exits. Even in Ye State, those who could live in such a large courtyard were either high-ranking officials or wealthy businessmen. However,
Currently, there is no plaque hanging on the lintel indicating the identity of the owner of the house, and even passers-by have no idea who lives in the house.
"I didn't expect that there is such a wealthy family in Pengguo. Such a mansion in Zeyin City would cost at least one million gold plants, right?"
Zi Yuan looked at the Zhuqi door and couldn't help but click her tongue. The two of them had already handed in their invitations to pay their respects. However, after the butler who answered the door came, he was slow to reply.
"This person is not from Peng State, but just like you and me, he comes from Ye State." Yu Li seemed a little nervous, straightening his clothes again and again, "But I once promised that I would never see him again in this life.
One-sided..."
The girl turned around and looked at her companion's face in surprise, making sure that it was not a joke. She was about to ask the reason, but suddenly she saw a narrow crack opened in the door in front of her. The housekeeper behind the door bowed his hands and said loudly:
"My master has no intention of meeting you. Please come back."
As the other party spoke, he was about to close the door. When Yu Li saw this, he immediately rushed up and slapped the door that was almost closed with a heavy palm:
"Wait a minute! I wouldn't come here to see him unless I had to. Please also tell your master, the Qi family of Ye State, that any kindness will be repaid!"
"A good man must repay his kindness!"
Suddenly, a loud and powerful voice came from behind the door, and the door that had been closed a few inches opened again. In addition to the housekeeper, there was also an old man in sixties standing inside, wearing a red robe and holding a Ye Kingdom standard long knife.
, I guess he is the owner of this mansion.
"What happened back then is over. If you come to visit today, you have crossed the line. Remembering the old friendship, I can give you some money as payment. Just pretend that you two have never been here before, and there has never been anyone like me in the world.
Number one."
As the man spoke, he raised his hand and threw a heavy bag out, which happened to fall at Yu Li's feet. Ziyuan leaned over to pick it up, only to see that it was filled with more than a hundred gold plants, and countless pearls of different sizes.
However, after just one face-to-face meeting, the man behind the door came back in. Yu Li took a step forward to persuade him to stay, but unexpectedly, dozens of guards wearing armor and swords appeared from the left and right sides of the door, and he was killed.
Blocked outside the door.
The red-lacquered door slowly closed in front of the two of them. As the copper lock clicked into place, Ziyuan just came back to her senses, grabbed her companion's sleeves and asked:
"I see that the warriors in the courtyard are all wearing the same equipment of Ye State. Who is the man we just saw? Why did he leave Ye State and go to Peng State to live in seclusion? How could you recognize him?"
Yu Li seemed to be hesitant, but seeing Zi Yuan coming forward to call the door again, he hurriedly stopped her, and finally told her frankly:
"This man's name is Huang Jian, and he has a very close personal relationship with Qi Shouyu, and they are as close as brothers..."
Hearing what the other party said, Zi Yuan was stunned for a moment, then asked:
"But since he is such a high-ranking figure, why did Qi Shouyu not recall him back to the court as an official after he came to the throne, but instead allowed him to live in seclusion in this distant foreign country?"
"This person -" Yu Li hesitated again for a moment, and then continued hesitantly, "it was this person who rescued a mother and son from a group of gangsters fifteen years ago and took care of them for a long time.
After a long period of time. Later, when the woman died, the child was sent to the command of Marquis Jinghai of Ye State, and became the youngest captain in the Bihai Camp of the Marine Division. Later, he was promoted to General Pinghai..."
"This man saved your life?!"
Zi Yuan couldn't believe her ears. Although Yu Li had told her countless times along the way about the suffering he and his mother had endured, she had never been able to listen, let alone take it to heart.
"That's right. If it hadn't been for Uncle Huang back then, I would have been cooked by some mountain bandits as a two-legged sheep when I was young. If it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't have known that I had never known it.
My biological father, whom I have never met, is unexpectedly a high-ranking person in King Ye’s court!"
The dark-eyed girl seemed to suddenly realize:
"Oh - so this person probably followed Qi Shouyu's order, found out the whereabouts of his illegitimate son, and brought you mother and daughter back to Ye State safely. It was also because of this that he would go to a foreign country and take this child with him
The big secret is hiding in Pengguo!"
"Actually, my mother has always wondered how he was sure that I was Qi Shouyu's illegitimate son. Because she was pregnant with an unknown child, my mother was driven out of the village and had to make a living by begging and singing.
She had stayed in one place for more than three months, and she didn't even have a single acquaintance... What she hated most in the world was the man who abandoned his wife and son. But Uncle Huang had no idea what happened when the two of them met.
After much deliberation, it only makes sense that he was entrusted by that man to find my mother and daughter..."
Yu Li nodded first, then shook his head vigorously, and gritted his teeth, "It's just that now, I can no longer be sure whether that big shot in the temple is still my blood relative!"
Zi Yuan looked at each other, and something seemed to flash in her eyes. In this troubled world, it seems that everyone has a tragic past that is difficult to share with others. But all this is the same as the pain she has experienced, and the next thing she will do.
Compared with what I plan to do, it seems not worth mentioning at all.
The dark-eyed girl just sighed lightly, but did not open her mouth to comfort the other person. Instead, she brought the distant topic back to the present:
"So, if Huang Jian refuses to help us, will there be no way to see Duke Peng Guo?"
Yu Li hated seeing the somewhat disappointed and unwilling look on the girl's face, and immediately wanted to comfort him. But before he could open his mouth, the girl in front of him smiled slightly:
"But it doesn't matter. As long as we use our brains, there may be other ways..."
Seeing that it was getting late, the two used the money given by Huang Jian to stay in the only inn in the city. It was night, but a carriage Shi Shiran stopped at the door of the inn, and he came specifically to pick up Zi.
Kite's.
At this time, Yu Li had already gone to bed, while the girl covered her mouth and nose with a large hooded cloak after bathing and changing clothes, as if she didn't want to be recognized. The carriage passed through the busy city and returned to Huang Jian's house.
, Ziyuan got out of the car and walked straight to the door, slamming the copper ring in the mouth of the beast's head.
"Why is it a girl again? My master has told you not to come to the house again during the day. My master doesn't want to do anything to his old friend, but if you insist on not listening, with his thunderous methods, how many lives will you two have?
It’s definitely not enough!”
The housekeeper who came to answer the door recognized the beautiful girl in front of him at a glance, and his tone was very strong.
Zi Yuan was not ambiguous and said straight to the point: "I just asked you, sir, to give your master a message. He said that I came here specifically to visit Zhizhan Huang Jiulang in Liusha Camp."
The muscles in the corner of the butler's eyes twitched slightly, but he still tried to remain calm. It seemed that he had never thought that a girl who seemed to be inexperienced in the world would actually know the secret true identity of his master.
Not long after, the housekeeper returned and politely invited Zi Yuan in. Not long after, Huang Jian also appeared in front of the girl, surrounded by four personal guards. Although he was several steps away, he
Still couldn't help but look at the person who came here carefully several times:
"Girl, Huang doesn't know how you know the names you mentioned. But whether you heard it from someone occasionally or you really know something, I can't let you leave here alive today.
"
"Those who know the Liusha Camp of Ye State, whenever they talk about Huang Jiulang's name, their expressions change as if they were talking about the evil ghost in the night. However, my daughter heard that he never kills women, especially those with beautiful looks.
.Otherwise, how could you dare to make a mistake and come to visit rashly without considering your own safety?"
Huang Jian was suddenly stunned by what he said, and then burst into laughter:
"Young lady is really brave. Aren't you afraid if the rumors you heard about Huang are all false?"
"Sir, you won't ruin your reputation just to get rid of a helpless and weak woman like my little girl, right?" Zi Yuan didn't feel embarrassed when she saw this situation. Instead, she slightly bent her legs and bowed to her.
, "What's more, I'm not here to threaten you today, but I want to make a deal with you. Can you please step aside first?"
Huang Jian narrowed his eyes, obviously aroused by the girl who came in recklessly. He realized that the other party's intention was not innocent, and immediately waved his hand, signaling the housekeeper and nursing home to leave.
"If it is true as you say, and I am helpless, what bargaining chips are you going to use to make a deal with Huang?"
After the servant had gone far away, the man turned around and continued to ask.
"Although your Excellency is far away in the Peng Kingdom, you should have heard that there is a Shihua Pavilion in Mulu City. Regardless of the patrons in the pavilion or the backers, they are all prominent figures in the Ye Kingdom. Ziyuan can follow them.
It is truly a blessing to hear your name in my mouth. My daughter and her companions have traveled thousands of miles to come here just to enter Lincang and ask to see Duke Peng. And you, sir, are our only hope right now!"
"The girl is actually Ziyuan, one of the four top names in the Royal Palace? Sure enough, it's better to be famous than to meet her. She is so beautiful that she is as graceful as a startling giant and as graceful as a swimming dragon! I do have some personal acquaintance with Ying Ren, the Duke of Pengguo.
, I won’t ask you any more questions today about why you two asked to see him. Whether you want to help or not depends on what the girl plans to do with this deal."
After learning about the girl's origin, Huang Jian's eyes had already dropped his guard, and there was a hint of frivolity in his eyes. Zi Yuan seemed to be used to such a situation, she pursed her lips and smiled, then bowed and bowed again:
"Your Excellency already understands, so why do you need to ask Zi Yuan to make it clear? But since we are making a deal, we need to find a secluded and uninhabited place to talk. If your Excellency agrees, please lead the way."
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